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Help us welcome our 2021 summer interns to H&R Block! This week, 24 interns joined our Data & Analytics, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal and Marketing teams. This year’s intern class has representatives from Benedictine College, Harvard University, University of Kansas, Kansas State University, Maryville University, University of Missouri, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Missouri State University, University of Nebraska, Northwest Missouri State University, Northwest University, and Rockhurst University. We can't wait to see how you help shape the future of Block!
H&R Block and Nextdoor announced the selection of 10 additional community-led projects that help neighbors connect. This year’s projects expand the partnership’s impact to 20 states touching 2.3 million more residents, based on city population in the selected communities. Learn more about our partnership and check out the newly selected 2021 Make Every Block Better community improvement projects here:
H&R Block is committed to fostering a culture of belonging. May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month and H&R Block associates Thomas Vo and Sue Jayaratne shared their experiences and what Belonging@Block means to them. Check out this article to hear from them and explore how you can take action in honor of AAPI Heritage Month.
Meet this year’s scholarship recipients – H&R Block awarded $10,000 each to 15 high school seniors who worked to Make Every Block Better in their community. Congratulations!
A heartfelt THANK YOU to all our tax pros, associates and franchisees nationwide for embracing extraordinary change over the last year and transforming the way you helped our clients, supported each other and uplifted our communities.
As we continue transforming our business for long-term sustainable growth, we're excited to announce new vice presidents in the areas of investor relations, financial services, and information security. Each will help lead H&R Block toward serving and helping more people in new ways — including offering new financial and mobile banking products, protecting the data transacted by the company, and communicating its transformation progress to shareholders and investors.
We’re challenging each of our nearly 80,000 associates to volunteer three hours per year in their local communities, to help Make Every Block Better – until we’ve reached our goal of 1 million hours by 2025. Last week, we celebrated National Volunteer Week by highlighting associates like Zack Beyer, who’s currently donated 103 hours among various non-profits throughout Kansas City. Click the link to see how other Block associates improve their communities.
At H&R Block, we strive to go beyond diversity and inclusion, to create a sense of belonging for our associates. We're proud to be recognized by Forbes as one of America's Best Employers for Diversity 2021. Read more about our commitments here: https://www.makeeveryblockbetter.com/H&R-Block-Corporate-Social-Responsibility.pdf
Mia Mends, recently named Global Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Sodexo, Inc. and Sean Cohan, Chief Growth Officer and President, International of Nielsen join H&R Block's Board of Directors, bringing expertise that will help Block accelerate its transformation: https://www.hrblock.com/tax-center/newsroom/around-block/about-us/mends-cohan-join-board-directors/
“As we focus on executing, Block Horizons 2025, our long-term growth plan, we are focused on improving the experience customers and associates have with H&R Block,” said Jeff Jones, H&R Block president and CEO. “These newly hired and newly promoted vice presidents will help continue blending digital capabilities with human expertise and care to ultimately improve Block and drive growth.”
